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| Interface standards to drive new PC chipset demand |
8/2/2005 |
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Continued growth in PCs demand combined with new standards will create a very dynamic market for new chipset designs. The challenge for PC chipset vendors is to meet the growing performance requirements and integrate as many features as economically possible.
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| Semi sales beats downward prediction |
8/2/2005 |
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Despite the June dip, global chip sales finished strong for the first half of 2005, totaling $109 billion, a 6.5 percent increase year-over-year.
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| German company to expand micro-machine manufacturing |
8/1/2005 |
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Over the last 20 years Bosch has supplied 400 million sensors and in 2004 alone produced 94 million MEMS-based sensors mainly for automotive applications such as airbag systems and anti-lock braking systems.
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| RoHS ready to roll in UK |
8/1/2005 |
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The NWML RoHS team will be setting up internal structures over the next few months, including sources of information for industry and an enquiry line with a dedicated contact team. “I expect to have a substantial website by the end of the autumn,” said Smith.
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| SMIC appoints new chairman |
8/1/2005 |
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“The appointment of Professor Wang as our chairman of the board further illustrates our dedication to a high standard of corporate governance where the role of chairman is separate from that of CEO,”
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| Microsoft stops Google executives from reporting to job |
8/1/2005 |
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Lee is instructed not to accept employment “competitive with or engaging in any activities competitive with any product, service or project (including actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development) on which he worked while employed at Microsoft, including computer search technologies, such as internet search engines, desktop search technologies and any other search technologies, natural language processing or speech technologies.
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| Kingsmax ready for DDR2 adoption |
7/29/2005 |
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Kingsmax expects mass adoption of DDR2 memory to happen in the second half of the year and consolidation in the DRAM-module industry will speed up.
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| NAND flash keep growing |
7/29/2005 |
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The sales for NAND flash memories is set to reach $36.1 billion in 2008 prior to a price collapse in 2009 according to market research company Semico Research Corp.
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| Ingram Micro delivers improved earnings |
7/29/2005 |
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Ingram Micro, the world largest distributor, reported revenue of $6.84 billion for the quarter, a year-over-year increase of nearly 20 percent. Net income rose 61 percent to $41.7 million, or 26 cents a share, compared to $25.9 million, or 16 cents a share, for the same period one year ago.
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| Handheld game consoles boost sales |
7/28/2005 |
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Sales of U.S. video games hardware, software and accessories rose 21 percent in the first six months of the year, thank to the rising popularity of handheld devices, a study said.
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| Mitsubishi reports mixed earnings |
7/28/2005 |
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Mitsubishi Electric reported net income of $98.8 million on sales of $6.6 billion in the first quarter ended June 30. Sales rose 2 percent over the year-ago quarter, but net earnings fell 10 percent.
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| CA profits jump |
7/28/2005 |
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Computer Associates said its quarterly profits more than doubled, helped by acquisitions and tax credits, but the pace of new deals slowed and the software company said it would cut 800 more jobs to reduce costs.
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| A-Data sees light in third quarter |
7/27/2005 |
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A-Data Technology said its first quarter gross margin decline to 4.22% from 7.33% amid falling DRAM price. However, the company expects overall memory prices to stabilize or even increase this quarter
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| Corning reports upbeat results amid strong LCD demand |
7/27/2005 |
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Corning posted earnings of $165 million, or 11 cents per share on sales of $1.1 billion in the second quarter, up from $108 million, or 8 cents per share on sales of $971 million in the year-ago quarter.
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| Atmel to restructure to cut cost |
7/27/2005 |
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Atmel said that it is looking to cut costs through layoffs, R&D cuts and a shift towards chip outsourcing with outside silicon foundries.
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| Earthlink profit drops amid competition |
7/27/2005 |
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EarthLink posted a lower quarterly profit amid competition. The company said its second quarter net profit fell to $43.8 million, or 31 cents a share, from a net profit of $49.7 million, also 31 cents a share, a year earlier.
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| Samsung tried to stop 8Gbit NAND freefall |
7/26/2005 |
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Although NAND flash contract prices continued dropping in July, it appears Samsung Electronics has tried to slow down the price falling on its high-density 8Gbit parts.
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| TSMC sales up in second quarter |
7/26/2005 |
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TSMC reported sales of NT$58.52 billion ($1.84 billion) for the second quarter, up 5.1 percent from the previous period but down 9.8 percent from the like period a year ago.
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